Robert Porter of Grant-Winners Seminars and former Director of Research Development at the University of Tennessee was at Brock University last month to share his expertise in the competitive field of successful grant writing.

In this latest round, announced December 19, Brock University received more than $1.52 million over five years in Insight Grants, more than a tripling of the $435,865 Brock received in 2013. As well, the number of successful Brock research programs more than doubled, from four last year to nine in 2014.

The Canadian Institutes for Health Research (CIHR) has awarded Kinesiology professor Wendy Ward and co-applicant Community Health Sciences associate professor Paul LeBlanc funding of $499,876 for research “Programming of bone development through early life exposure to soy isoflavones and folic acid.”

Brock University scored an 88 per cent success rate for established researchers renewing their grants in the latest round of National Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada (NSERC) funding, topping such heavyweights as the University of Toronto and McGill University.